Moon Seeks to Mend China Ties Over Thaad in Call With Xi
- Leaders of China, South Korea last talked eight months ago
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Why a U.S. Missile Defense System Is Angering China
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President Moon Jae-in told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he’s aware of Beijing’s concerns over a U.S. missile shield installed on South Korean territory and will work to resolve the problem.
In their first phone conversation since his election victory this week, Moon told Xi that it may become easier to settle differences over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system if North Korea stops its provocations, Yoon Young-chan, Moon’s senior secretary for public relations, said Thursday. The South Korean leader said he plans to send a special envoy to China to discuss Thaad and North Korea.